From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Nov 17 1999 - 00:01:39 MST
Billy Brown wrote:
>
> Dan Fabulich wrote:
> > 'What is your name?' 'Billy Brown.' 'IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
> > YOUR NAME IS!!!'
>
> Any Vorlon who tries that interrogation routine on me is going to be
> forcibly reminded that he isn't bulletproof. Unlike Delen, I'm not silly
> enough to worship a race that has had technology for a million years and
> hasn't managed to do anything with it.
Um, Billy? Vorlons *are* bulletproof. This was established fairly
thoroughly during the fourth season. (Okay, so this transcends the
concept of mere "pedantry", but I can't help it.)
Besides, you can't blame JMS for running all his civilizations in
slow-mo. Going through the next million years worth of progress in
twelve seconds may be the most computationally realistic result, but
Vinge is the only one who's managed to make a human-readable drama out
of it (_A Fire Upon the Deep_).
Besides, I was deeply touched by the "Human Encounter Suit" in _The
Deconstruction of Falling Stars_. The torch passes on, and burns
brighter still.
--
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